Has your life been interesting enough to write a book?

hollydolly said:
Yes......and I'm always being encouraged to write a book about my life.. but I won't..
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Same here.
A psychologist I was seeing years ago said she was always getting enquiries from the local university's film making division asking if there were any interesting people who would be happy to share their story for a film.
She suggested that I meet with them because my story would make a great cathartic film for people in a similar situation.
I declined.
 
Bretrick said:
Same here.
A psychologist I was seeing years ago said she was always getting enquiries from the local university's film making division asking if there were any interesting people who would be happy to share their story for a film.
She suggested that I meet with them because my story would make a great cathartic film for people in a similar situation.
I declined.
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I would decline too.. much to the chagrin of my friends...I just couldn't go deep into those dark days again...
 
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I've written my autobiography, but it's not chronological. Instead it has sections for different aspects, like hobbies, scouts, service, schools, and so on. I wrote it for my sons and because it was a fun thing to do. I wish I knew more about my parents' lives.

I also wrote a little book about my time in the Navy, and even published it as an e-book on Amazon. I got a couple nice reviews, but hardly any sales, so I un-published it. I called it Several Leagues Under the Sea. I was a crew member on a submarine for two years.
 
A book about my life would be very boring but I've always thought I'd like to write a book that has to do with cooking(no recipes) and tips for getting day to day jobs done quick and easy.
There are many books out there on these subjects and I'd have a lot of competition but the ones I've read don't come close to the ideas I've used during my married life. Very unconventional, simple, but they work.
 
I wrote the first draft of a novel that was semi-autobiographical. It all took place over a few months, though. I have plenty of other stories from my life that could be made into novels.

Writing a book is a huge endeavor and should be left to people who love writing, which I'm not one of. Sometimes I just can't find the right words to say what I want to say. It's like extracting teeth. For some people, they just flow. That must be nice.
 
Irwin said:
I wrote the first draft of a novel that was semi-autobiographical. It all took place over a few months, though. I have plenty of other stories from my life that could be made into novels.

Writing a book is a huge endeavor and should be left to people who love writing, which I'm not one of. Sometimes I just can't find the right words to say what I want to say. It's like extracting teeth. For some people, they just flow. That must be nice.
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you could always use the services of a Ghost rider, many people do....
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I guess if there was a literary genre called " My Bizaar Life". I wasn't a war hero, or anything. Didn't even discover the cure for anything. But I have had just plain weird experiences. I was a Psychiatric Nurse. My book would definitely be a sit-com type book.
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The field of psychiatry became interesting to some of us late in life who had careers in the more logic sciences, like math, where outcomes were more predictable. I started out thinking all brains were created equal and different folks simply chose to focus them on different things like music, math, or medicine, etc. It was a revelation to me to discover the physical differences in brains including electrical, chemical, and spatial positioning that could wreak havoc with logical thinking. I found the revelation scary and admire those that attempt to treat these problems.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
A book about my life would be very boring but I've always thought I'd like to write a book that has to do with cooking(no recipes) and tips for getting day to day jobs done quick and easy.
There are many books out there on these subjects and I'd have a lot of competition but the ones I've read don't come close to the ideas I've used during my married life. Very unconventional, simple, but they work.
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Do it!
 
Irwin said:
Writing a book is a huge endeavor and should be left to people who love writing, which I'm not one of. Sometimes I just can't find the right words to say what I want to say. It's like extracting teeth. For some people, they just flow. That must be nice.
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Based on my time in a writing forum, I think writing is hard work for most authors. The words don't just flow. It's more like drip drip drip edit edit edit. The hardest part is deciding when you're done.
 
hollydolly said:
Yes......and I'm always being encouraged to write a book about my life.. but I won't..
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At the fall of European communism, my logistics managerial experience was asked for to put an aid package together for a trip to Romania. It was a convoy of trucks carrying much needed aid for the people of a country that was all but on it's knees. I kept a day-to-day diary of our travels, what some today, would call a blog. It ran into about three thousand words.

Much of the help and funding came from a mix of different Christian congregations. As a thank you to them, I had that blog printed up and distributed among the parishioners of the various churches. The feedback was most complimentary. But I took it no further than that.
 
Bretrick said:
I think my life experiences would enable enough content to be worthy of a book.
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So when will you start writing?

I have written some highly technical things so I know a little about it.

Writing well is hard work, and takes skills most of us lack. On the technical side, what I did, its actually easier, if you have useful technical information to convey your writing skills are less important. I doubt I could successfully write something like a novel or biography, its much harder.
 
I'd like to write about people I've met in work with chronic illness, especially the years in dialysis and home health in the Mississippi Delta. An impoverished area doesn't mean people are impoverished in spirit and I met some amazing people along the way. Not to say I for one second wish that people continue to live in poverty, but open hearts and homes still flourish there in spite of crushing obstacles.
 
Not sure anyone would read a story of my pretty boring life.

A friend of mine DID write her life story. She has Cerebral Palsy, and she moved from living with her mom, to independantly living in a rental home with a couple friends. All three have disabilities, each have their own staff. She went from Doctors telling her parents to put her in an institution to living on her own...having graduated high school AND college.
 
I have a pen pal who spent his life flying, from a farm kid who worked part time to get flying lessons to retiring as a captain flying 747's. The list of planes he has flown is long and varied. In the Army, he was a helicopter instructor. From his e-mails, I can see that he writes brilliantly. I love to read them.

I have pleaded with him to write a book. I know it would be great. But, sadly he has no interest in doing it. I guess either you have the urge or you don't.
 
I wrote a book awhile back about my homesteading life and how to do various things. Then I switched gears and wrote 2 cookbooks. Two books I started are in my external hard drive and I need to figure out how to get my writing program back up on this new computer to access them again. One is a book about my life when I worked in a bar and the other one is a child's book about my rabbit. I have no plans to publish them at this point. But I never say never.
 

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